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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pretend .
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Examples
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The title pretends satisfaction to them who desire to have reason satisfied: which, that it is a great undertaking, I easily grant; but for the performance of it, “hic labor, hoc opus.”
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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I am willing to believe that the “Acts” which relate this fact are as veracious as their title pretends, but they are still more simple than sincere, and it is very strange that Fleury, in his “Ecclesiastical History,” relates such a prodigious number of similar incidents, being much more conducive to scandal than edification.
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And this $#! % stain pretends to some sort of moral authority?
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Palin pretends to be an expert on anything that allows her to be critical of Obama.
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Paul Walker was heard screaming into the wallet he pretends is a cell phone at his imaginary agent.
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If I were as forgetful as John McCain pretends to be I would definitely not have much to say about anyone knowing that they might come back at me.
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McCain pretends that he's not pushing this controversy further, but slips in these remarks.
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In the quoted reply to Daniel, Schroeder who for unknown reasons is afraid to mention my name pretends to have not noticed most of my critique.
Confronted with critique, Schroeder lost voice - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Even in a game that nobody pretends is a reasonable facsimile of a regular-season contest.
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A young Vladimir Putin pretends to be a tourist (l ...
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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